The Challenger Mine is a tungsten mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,271 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,271 Feet (2,521 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.64639, -105.42222
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Challenger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Challenger Mine
Secondary: Claims: Heline No. 1
Secondary: Challenger
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Stove Prairie Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sackett, T. H. And Others
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1932
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type: L
Description: Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Poverty Flats Synf Orm, South Fork Antiform, Clark Synform
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1942 ORE SHIPMENT CONTAINED 0.57% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG UPPER SKIN GULCH EAST OF POVERTY FLATS 3 MILES SW OF STOVE P RAIRIE LANDING. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON QUARTER CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Commodity): TWETO (1960) CITIES MO (POWELLITE) GENERALLY OCCURRING WITH CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER AREA W DEPOSITS
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1932 AS HELINE NO. 1 CLAIM; RELOCATED IN 1951 AS CHALL ENGER CLAIM
Comment (Workings): NINE SHALLOW OPEN CUTS ABOUT 6 FT DEEP; TWO SHAFTS, 10 FT AND 20 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: IC-7748, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORA DO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1428.
Reference (Production): BELSER, 1956, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): COBB, H.S., 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BD., P. 19.
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LAR IMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.
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